hippodrome

• Taxi drivers, unless offered a substantial commission, would not go into Les Hivers at all, but would drop passengers off in the Boulevard du Temple, close to the permanent hippodrome, always covered in vivid posters, in summer or winter. —  InterzoneScienceFictionandFantasyMagazine#211
• By tradition, the capital's hippodrome was the epicenter of festivities. —  Новости
• Today, the Ashgabat hippodrome was the "epicenter" of celebrations in honor of Akhalteke horse. —  Новости
• And a great number of oxen were roasted, so that all the people might take part in the rejoicings CHRISTMAS ENTERTAINMENTS AT CONSTANTINOPLE In his description of Christian Constantinople, Benjamin of Tudela, a Spanish Jew, who travelled through the East in the twelfth century (1159 or 1160), describes a "place where the king diverts himself, called the hippodrome, near to the wall of the palace. —  Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries
• We took the aerodrome with the hippodrome, the coal merchant with the Norman tower, the parrot with the gargoyle, the Hτtel de Ville with the cathedral, and the mermaids with the mole CHAPTER XIV SAINT-RAPHAEL On the terrace of our little home at Thιoule, a lover of the Riviera read what I had written about Frιjus If you have any idea of making a book out of your Riviera articles," she said positively, "do not think you can dismiss the Estιrel and Saint-Raphaλl in so cavalier a fashion. —  Riviera Towns

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